Sports TV Ratings

To answer the question in the headline, according to Nielsen, as of the March cable universe coverage estimates ESPN is in 3.02 million more homes in the USA than FS1. **DO THESE NUMBERS INCLUDE STREAMING SERVICES LIKE SlingTV, Vue and DirecTV Now?** In the past that was a simple question to answer. The answer was “no.” Some people didn’t like it but it was simple! December 2016 was the last…

All of the cable coverage data for the measured networks is below, but to answer the question in the headline since the last time I posted in December, in the January estimates ESPN was in 2.707 million more homes than FS1 and in the February estimates ESPN is in 2.925 million more homes than FS1. But while Fox Sports 1 shed another 328,000 households from January to February (compared to ESPN’s…

Jim Miller of “Live from New York,” “Those Guys Have All the Fun” and “Powerhouse” fame joined the podcast to talk about the recently released PTI episode of the ESPN chapter of his Origins podcast. We also talked about his recent piece in The Hollywood Reporter, “Inside an ESPN President’s Shocking Exit (and Bob Iger’s Possible Role)” You can find Jim on Twitter via @JimMiller and if you haven’t…

The World’s Fastest-Growing Sports Media Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, TuneIn, Stitcher, RSS, and, of course, this website. Since services like Overcast (which I love) just pull via RSS, I think the podcast is everywhere but Spotify. I’m still waiting to hear from Spotify. I’m not on SoundCloud either, but where I’ve received e-mails/tweets lobbying for TuneIn, Stitcher and Spotify I haven’t received any for SoundCloud. I’m…

I recently started a daily-ish newsletter and there’s stuff in it that I’m not posting here or on Twitter, but…spreading the word about having a newsletter in 2017 is somehow much harder for me than it was in 1994. So, (this one time?) here’s something I wrote for today’s newsletter: Good Luck, Netflix?It is widely assumed that between cord-cutters and cord-never-ers the current rate of carnage to the cable bundle…

I know the sports media world is lapping up the Disney/Fox chum but I’m feeling full and there will be plenty of time for that. But I recently saw some data that inspired me to have a thought experiment and write about it. If that’s your thing please check out “Good Luck, Netflix?” There are some Disney/Fox ramifications to the thought experiment. But if you’re here for Teddy Atlas, read…

You do TV ratings so focusing more on TV makes sense. But you come off as someone who really hates streaming in general and I’m curious about why. Why do you hate streaming? Matt What? I love streaming so much that I’m excited by the prospects of Verizon giving up its NFL streaming exclusive so that sometimes I’ll be able to watch NFL on my phone instead of on TV. I…

**DO THESE NUMBERS INCLUDE STREAMING SERVICES LIKE SlingTV, Vue and DirecTV Now?** In the past that was a simple question to answer. The answer was “no.” Some people didn’t like it but it was simple! December was the last month that was the case though. Starting with the January estimates the answer changed to “Yes….kind of.” I applaud Nielsen for plowing ahead though I don’t know that I’d have…